Dr. Boštjan Drobnič

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Research and Professional Fields:

• Thermal energy systems 
• Fuels and combustion 
• Hydrogen technologies and renewable energy sources in energy systems 

Education:

• Doctoral dissertation: Flow and temperature conditions in rotary regenerative heat exchanger, 2006

• Master's thesis: Characteristics of coals used in Slovenian thermal power stations, 1999 

• Undergraduate thesis: Thermodynamic analysis of a gas-steampower plant, 1996

   

Selected Publications in Scientific Literature:

• 1. MORI, Mitja, IRIBARREN, Diego, CREN, Julie, COR, Emmanuelle, LOTRIČ, Andrej, GRAMC, Jure, DROBNIČ, Boštjan, REY, Laurent, CAMPOS CARRIEDO, Felipe, PUIG-SAMPER, Gonzalo, BARGIACCHI, Eleonora, DUFOUR, Javier, STROPNIK, Rok. Life cycle sustainability assessment of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell technology for ecodesign purposes. International journal of hydrogen energy.  2023 

• 2. MORI, Mitja, ŽVAR BAŠKOVIČ, Urban, STROPNIK, Rok, LOTRIČ, Andrej, KATRAŠNIK, Tomaž, ŠIPEC, Robert, LIPAR, Jakob, LESAR, Žiga, DROBNIČ, Boštjan. Green energy hubs for the military that can also support the civilian mobility sector with green hydrogen. International journal of hydrogen energy. 2023 

• 3. MORI, Mitja, ŽVAR BAŠKOVIČ, Urban, KATRAŠNIK, Tomaž, ŠIPEC, Robert, DROBNIČ, Boštjan. Securing autonomy of military barracks through renewable energy solutions = Zagotavljanje avtonomije vojašnic z obnovljivimi viri energije. Sodobni vojaški izzivi. 2023 

• 4. MORI, Mitja, GUTIÉRREZ, Manuel, SEKAVČNIK, Mihael, DROBNIČ, Boštjan. Modelling and environmental assessment of a stand-alone micro-grid system in a mountain hut using renewables. Energies. 2022

• 5. JURJEVČIČ, Boštjan, SENEGAČNIK, Andrej, DROBNIČ, Boštjan, KUŠTRIN, Igor. The Characterization of pulverized-coal pneumatic transport using an array of intrusive electrostatic sensors. IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement. 2015 

• 6. MORI, Mitja, DROBNIČ, Boštjan, JURJEVČIČ, Boštjan, NOVAK, Lovrenc. Numerical modeling of heat transfer and flow phenomena in an axial rotating rotor cascade. Numerical heat transfer. Part A, Applications. 2015 

• 7. LACKO, Rok, DROBNIČ, Boštjan, SEKAVČNIK, Mihael, MORI, Mitja. Hydrogen energy system with renewables for isolated households : The optimal system design, numerical analysis and experimental evaluation. Energy and buildings. 2014 

• 8. LACKO, Rok, DROBNIČ, Boštjan, MORI, Mitja, SEKAVČNIK, Mihael, VIDMAR, Marjan. Stand-alone renewable combined heat and power system with hydrogen technologies for household application. Energy. 2014 

• 9. MORI, Mitja, JENSTERLE, Miha, MRŽLJAK, Tilen, DROBNIČ, Boštjan. Life-cycle assessment of a hydrogen-based uninterruptible power supply system using renewable energy. The international journal of life cycle assessment. 2014